N'caid (Ifri)

Ait M'Hamed آيت امحمد (cercle d'Azilal - MA)
31.851035,-6.504742
Length 1160m
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Michael Laumanns - 29/11/2015

(Ait-Mohamed, Azilal, Central Atlas) Co-ordinates: X395,3 Y140.2 (map 1:50,000 Azilal). Alt. 1,600 m. The cave is located about 2.5 km away from ifri N’Taguelmoust in the same valley. The large entrance passage leads to an underground river with several branches that end in sumps. First explorations by the Société Spéléologique du Maroc (SSM 1953) in 1950. Camus & Lamouroux (1981) described the cave and reported some biospeleological findings. Length and map according to the latter authors.

Documents

Bibliography 28/11/2010

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